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Defining “Lynchian”
Abe Beame traces the history of a curious term.
All Essays
Rembrandt and Literature
Tim Brinkhof ponders the Dutch master’s influence on literature.
Mirage Factory: Aimee Semple McPherson and 1920s L.A.
In a new installment of an ongoing series, LARB founder Tom Lutz reflects on evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and the significance of the year 1925.
Jessica Abughattas’s “Beautiful Altadena”
In the wake of January’s devastating fires around Los Angeles, LARB presents a new poem from Jessica Abughattas.
A Brand-New Map Without Us
Jack Lubin reports from Super Bowl week in New Orleans.
“Audition” by Katie Kitamura
What unravels when a stranger claims he is your son? Take a front row seat for an exploration of power, performance, and identity in the LARB Book Club Spring 2025 pick “Audition” by Katie Kitamura.
The Irishman and the Empty Man: The Biden Years On-Screen, Part One
In the first installment of a quarterly series, Brendan Boyle and Adam Nayman use two films as a lens on the Biden years.
Who Shall and Shall Not Have a Place in the World?
In the seventh essay in the Legacies of Eugenics series, Lily Hu asks whether the racialist and eugenicist roots of statistics can be cordoned off from “proper” science.
The Power of the Moving Image
Peter B. Kaufman argues that video has become our dominant cultural medium, yet we lack reliable archives for the audiovisual record.
Points of Entry
Mary Turfah writes on Lebanon and broken glass in an online release from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
You Are Having Fun
Will Gottsegen considers what is lost in Spotify’s era of pandering recommendation.
Torn Self-Portrait with Striped Shirt
LARB presents an excerpt by Wayne Koestenbaum from the anthology “Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image,” edited by Dinah Lenney.
Temporary Community
Sesshu Foster reports from a mutual aid center in the aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires.
Looking Back at 1925
In this first of 12 monthly articles, LARB founder Tom Lutz reflects on the significance of the year 1925.
The Rules We Live By: Year in Review
Julien Crockett looks back on the first year of the LARB series The Rules We Live By.
A Woman in the Captain’s Chair, Trump in the White House
Thirty years after its premiere, David K. Seitz revisits “Star Trek: Voyager” and its groundbreaking first woman captain.
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